A sniff to save

It can detect a person buried under six metres of snow. Pervez Cama, who travelled to the Swiss Alps, traces the history of St Bernard, a dog …

Why Zambia halts culling of hippos but South Africa goes for the kill?

While Zambia adopts a wait-and-watch policy on animal culling, South Africa plans to kill at least 100 hippos later this year

Gharials of Chambal

The Gharial Conservation Program is one of India's best faring wildlife conservation efforts. R K Sharma, an officer at the Gharial breeding …

‘Russia will do its best to protect the Amur tiger’

Sergey Aramilev is the Deputy Director of the Vladivostok-based Amur Tiger Centre. He is in Delhi to attend the third Asia Ministerial Conference …

Meet thy neighbours

Every existence has its excuse, it is said. Every year taxonomists in India venture into uncharted landscapes and scan every nook and corner to …

Nilgai, wild boar declared vermins in Bihar

Nilgais and wild boars frequently damage crops in the western, central and northern parts of the country

Elephant tales

A new book recounts the intimate experiences of prominent writers with elephants. Exclusive excerpts

‘Heavenly Horses’: Heard of the Akhal-Teke? Turkmenistan will hold a beauty contest for them today

Last year, the art of breeding the Akhal-Teke horse and the traditions of horse decoration were included in the UNESCO Representative List of the …

Africa is full of bats, but their fossils are scarce — why these rare records matter

Scarcity of bat fossils has implications for bat conservation strategies today

Efforts to reconnect elephant corridors must be carefully planned

Advancements of landscape ecology, not just expert knowledge, need to be tapped into for identifying and restoring such corridors

Lack of scientific debate and involvement of all stakeholders will not help Project Tiger succeed

As we envision the next 50 years of Project Tiger, it is imperative to build on the lessons learned and address the gaps identified

Is the tiger still ‘rajah’ of Java’s jungles? New study raises hopes

A single hair strand found in a village on the island in 2019 found to be genetically belonging to subspecies

Marginal increase: There are 1,811 saltwater crocodiles in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika, annual census reveals

Bhitarkanika, in the state’s coastal Kendrapara district, is one of 3 ‘saltie’ strongholds in India; the Sundarbans and …

Simply Put: Giraffes may go extinct

World Snow Leopard Day 2023: Is it time for a Third Pole mascot?

Saving snow leopards will invariably help save the Third Pole and the ecosystem depends on it

Wolf protection in Europe has become deeply political – Spain’s experience tells us why

Recent decisions by European Union member states do not reflect a consensus on the matter

For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct

The legacy of the killer whales of Eden lives on among Thaua people and local communities

DTE Coverage: GEF meet allocates funds for biodiversity

Funding mechanism to be ratified in August

WWF confirms the presence of gharials in Pakistan’s Punjab

Gharials may have been in Okara and Head Sulemanki nearly a year ago

How the invasion of a tiny insect is altering Antarctica’s soil & its ecosystem

The other fear is that it can spread through other islands as it can survive in water

From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil — why we should be rewilding carnivores

Rewilding is not about recreating the mythical idea of wilderness.

Simply Put: Sixth Mass Extinction

Cheetahs in India: Why is it a new experiment?

Cheetahs became extinct in India in the 1950s

Giant: Meet a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye

Simply Put: Sariska ablaze